re: Now that NBCSports has snapped up EPL, what does FoxSoccer do?Posted by Crede15 on 12/30/12 at 1:53 pm to wm72

Roma are the most entertaining team in the world IMO (I like Dortmund but I don't get GOL anymore so I'm even less informed about the Bundesliga than I usually am).

Barca are of course pretty amazing, but it's Roma's vulnerability that takes them to another level for me. You literally have no idea what's going to happen whenever they play. They could go down 4-0 in the first half and the chances of it ending 6-5 are reasonably good.

I would like to see a stat for the amount of ground Bradley covered in the Fiorentina game. I didn't think his "end product" was that amazing, but he was literally everywhere (Balzaretti's on some serious PEDs as well).

And Totti's been amazing. I would say people should pay more attention to what he's doing before he's gone, but speculating on his retirement seems a bit silly considering how well he's playing.

re: Now that NBCSports has snapped up EPL, what does FoxSoccer do?Posted by Crede15 on 12/30/12 at 2:00 pm to TFTC

I've found myself watching BeIn more for the Serie A than La Liga. Part of it's Roma, but Fiorentina's a fun team to watch, and so is Napoli (I actually care less about watching either of the Milans for whatever reason).

re: Now that NBCSports has snapped up EPL, what does FoxSoccer do?Posted by wm72 on 12/30/12 at 2:30 pm to Crede15

quote:And Totti's been amazing. I would say people should pay more attention to what he's doing before he's gone

It's really been amazing to see. It's not like some other top players of his age that have taken a bit of a backseat but have their brilliant moments here and there. He's put the team on his back and is running around like a teenager. His rating on sites like whoscored as among the top 10 most productive attacking players in the world underrates what he's doing so far, if anything. I'm not sure there's a playmaker anywhere that's been as consistently sublime as him so far this season, regardless of age.

Agree that, like with Pirlo, he's just such a special type talent that does so many things with the ball that no one else even considers. There's not really another in his mold.

It's actually kind of sad to see lists of top100 players with him not even present when 75% of the list would have to stand on their tiptoes to see over his bootstraps.

quote:I would like to see a stat for the amount of ground Bradley covered in the Fiorentina game. I didn't think his "end product" was that amazing, but he was literally everywhere

Probably Roma will only ultimately challenge Juve if Bradley comes a bit closer in his end product to what Marchisio gives them. But, he's been invaluable so far. His movement is smart as well as tireless and makes everyone else that much better.